Wrapped up a super productive week in the Lance Formation with a collaborative group from Loyola University, College of Arts and Sciences and Idaho Museum of Natural History . Thanks to the whole team but a special thanks to our hosts Tom Kaye and Carol Kaye.

Determining sex in extinct archosaurs is tough due to small samples & preservation issues. New study examines Alligator mississippiensis cortical bone for egg-shelling signals. Results: no signif. difference b/w male & female alligators Heck & Holly Woodward doi.org/10.1002/ar.255…

Up close and personal with the iron-coated teeth of the Komodo dragon <3

Yoel Stuart, an associate professor of biology, was named a 2024 Biota Award Recipient by the Walder Foundation for his research on protecting local fish species. Learn more about his work benefiting biodiversity in the Chicago area. 🐠🌎 Watch Now: bit.ly/3zVaX0D

How is the cetacean backbone patterned compared to terrestrial mammals? 🐋 Happy to share that we provide answers this question in the 1st publication of our #Back2Sea Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project with MCZ Paleontology and Katrina Jones! You can check the paper... 👇doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

New semester UM Paleontology Michigan EARTH means new mammals!Undergrad Ella Squire found two great mammal specimens back to back in latest Cretaceous sediments from the Bighorn Basin. Any guesses on who they are? #FossilFriday #CretaceousBighornProject

Big sky WY fossils got to check out the Windy City big sky. Loyola University, College of Arts and Sciences students did some rooftop screen washing of micro vertebrate fossils and sorting team recovered two beautiful mammal teeth this morning. Fun #FossilFriday in the Whitney Lab!

Check it out on this #FossilFriday: new Instagram account run by Whitney Lab students is now live! Follow for fun and informative content from these kick ass students! instagram.com/thewhitneylab?…

Want to help mobilize mammal specimen trait data for research, education, and outreach? See 🧵below! This is part of our U.S. National Science Foundation funded ranges-network.org project, aimed at digitizing traits from >1M western North American #mammal specimens from 19 natural history #museums.

For #FossilFriday had a super quick dreamy visit to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Got to spend time with one of my favorite fossils-this baby tapinocephalid jaw next to a subadult/adult. Both have adorable and interesting developing replacement teeth 🤩

For #FossilFriday check out Loyola University, College of Arts and Sciences student responses to their favorite fossils. Many ah hot takes 🤩 instagram.com/reel/DBR-MsYvm…

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster yesterday at #2024SVP!

Here’s the annual UWPaleo University of Washington Wilson-Mantilla KPg Lab student, faculty, and alumni photo at the #2024SVP conference SVP

. Loyola University, College of Arts and Sciences had an epic showing at #SVP2024. Such a pleasure to enjoy this epic conference with an incredible group of students.

🚨Job Alert 🚨 Our department is hiring TT faculty with a focus on developing research & coursework directed at pre-health students. The call is broad and many different fields of biology will be considered. Join an incredible department here in Chicago! careers.luc.edu/postings/29502